Wheel-guard



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WHEEL GUARD.` APPLmATIoN FILED AuG.2x. 1918.

Patented July' 6, 1929..

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PETER FEIDEN, JR., OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

WHEEL-GUARD.

.Application led August 21, 1918.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, PETER FEIDEN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county ot Buchanan and State oi llfdissouri, have invented certain new and uset'ul improvements in llVheeLGuards, of which the following is a speoilication.

'lhis invention relates to .improvements in wheel guarfils tor railway carriages andthe like and one ot its objects is to provide a guard ot this character that can be applied to car wheels without the necesssity of changing any et the parts of the car trucks. further object is to provide a guard of this type which includes a pivotally supported shoe adaptedto ride over or above the rail in advz'rnce of the wheels to clear obstructions from the path oiZ the latter and thus, in effort, to minimize liability to accii'lents, danger to life and limb, etc. Witli the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which .terms a part of this specification and in which- Figure l is a view in side elevation ot a wheel and the associated portion of the truck with the invention applied: to the truck.

Fig. is a plan view of liig. l.

llig. El is a liront view of F ig. l.

lFig. 4i is an enlarged fragmentary view illustrating the gravity shoe and connections.

luke reference characters denote correspending parts throughout the several views.

The reference numeral l denotes a car wheel, .Q the journal box, 3 and i the aroh bars ruunirw trom the journal box to the cross beam o. My guard proper comprises he trame lf3 which is preferably formed with l knuckles between which the hinge leaves il, that are carried by or secured to the journal bof: 2, are received, said knuckles and leaves being secured together by the pintle or hinge pin 9. The body portion of the guard is curved laterally from a. point beside the wheel l to a point in advance ot the said whee the said guartL being curved inwardly and downwardly to a point a short distance above the rail 13. rlhe forward end of the guard iframe forms a knuckle l to which a gravity shoe ll is pivotally secured by'a pivot pin lla provided with the Cotter pin Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July (i, 15920.

Serial No. 250,800.

l2 to prevent its accidental withdrawal from said knuckle and shoe. rllhe gravity shoe is pivoted at a point off center so that its toe lll normally projects upward or away from the rail i8 due to the greater weight of that portion oi' said shoe upon the opposite side of the pin lla. A latch l' secured by pin 1G to the guard trame is adapted tor irictional engagement with the forward end of the journal boi; to prevent lateral movement of the said guard trame, a stop lug 17 serving to limit the movement ot' the said latch upon its pin 1G. When it is desired to swing the guard trame to one side for any purpose the forward end oi.' the latch 15 is moved away from the stop lug thus disengaging the opposite end of the latch from the journal box and permitting the lateral movement ot' the guard frame.

ln operation the shoe l1 will contact with an obje-rt. upon the rail 13 in advance of the wheel, this contact serving to depress the toeend of the shoe and prevent the object from passing beneath the wheel. The shoe will, in this position, pick up or project the object from the rail and entirely out of the path of the wheel after which operation the shoe will, through gravity, again assume its normal position.

1What is claimed is l. In a wheel guard for railway trucks, a guard :trame hinged to the journal boX, said guard trame extending forward, inward and downward and in advance of the wheels, means carried by said guard frame for fricional engagement with said journal box to prevent lateral movement of said guard trame, and a shoe pivotally secured to the forward end of said guard trame.

2. In a wheel guard for railway trucks, a guard trame hinged to the journal box, said guard 'frame extending forward, inward and downward and in advance of the wheels, a latch carried by said guard trame for trictional engagement with one tace of said journalboX, and a gravity shoe pivotally supported off center at the forward end ot said guard trame.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own l have hereto affixed my signature in the presence ot two subscribing witnesses.

PETER FEIDEN, JR. Vslitnesses M. BROWN, JAMES F. Rumori, 

